Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-10-08
THE POET WHO YEARS AGO

TliE PoEr "no iTa"' A'o
IN REFERRING TO SEASON OF AUTUMN
SAID, "THE MELANCHOLY DAYS HAVE
CONE. THE sApDEST OF THE YEAR,
OUGHT TO BE ALIVE TO-DAY AND VISIT
OUR MAMMOTH AND ESTERPRTsING
sToRE--HALF An H0UR WITH Us
WOULD DO MORE 10 DRIVE AWAY THE
"BLvEsn AND DEsPoNDESCY WHICH AT
TIE TINE EVIDENTLY oyERsHADowED
his LIFE THAN ANYTHING ELSE We
CAN THINK OF JUST NOw.--Ir WOULD
BIZ UTTERLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR POETS, OR
PRACTICAL. EVERYDAY PEOPLE EITHER,
TO VISIT OUR STORE AND OBSERVE THg
BUsTLE AND ACTIVITY OF OUR SALES
MIN. THE CHEERFUL CoUNTENANCEs OF
OUR CUSTOMERS. AND, ABOVE ALL, TO
SEE THE sTUPENDOUs STOCK OF ELR-
CANT CLOTHING PROVIDED FoRoCRfALL
AND WINTER TRADE. AND THEN TALK
ABOUT AUTUMN BEING BEING "MELAN-
CHOLY.r-wHY. THESE AREJUST GLoRI-
OUs DAYs-GLoRoUs FOR BUSINESS
GLORIOUS FOR WEATHER. AND GLORIOUS
TEN TIMES OVER FOR BUYERS WHO
MAKE THFIR PURCHASES At OUR
SToRE--THE IRADING-THE LARGEST.
AND MOST PROGRESSIVE CLOTHING
HOUSE IN ALL TIE SOUTH.
A. sAKs & co.
WHAT LOTS OF IDLE ROASTING SOME
CONCERNS INDULGE IN-HOw THEY Do
STRAIN EVERY POINT TO MAKE THEM
SELVES SEEN AND HEARD.-wELL-
WE DON'T BLAME 'EM-YEr IN THE
MIDST OF 1T ALL THE MAGNITUDE OF
OUR STOCK-ITs ELEGANCE--sTYLE
AND RELIABHITY-AND THE BEST OF
ALL, OUR THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS
OF CUSTOMERS ALL STAND FORTH TO
VERIFY THE TRUTH THAT THE HOUSE
OF A. sAKs & co. Is THE VOLUSTBBRg'
IN THE RACE FOR TRADE-wHn.sr
SELF. STYLED COMPETITORS ARE BUT
SLow.PACED "TnIsTLEs."
A. sAKs & co.
NOW. LET'S TO BUSINESS AND CHAT
AWHILE ABOUT OUR CHILDREN's DE
PAEIMENT.-ITs A MODEL sALEsRO0M.
| DEVOTED EXCLUSIVELY To THE SALE OF
YOUTHS, BOYs'. AND CHILDREN's
CLoTnING-sHRT wAISTs-HATs--
CAPS. ETC.-AMPLE FACILITIES ARE AZ
| FoBDFD EVERY VISITOR TO EXAMINE
CCODs.-oUR Statesmen UNDERSTAND
TIE CLOTHING BUSINESS AND ARE COM
| pEIENT TO GITE YoU ANY INFORMATION
DESIRED. III ISN'T AT ALL NECESSARY
FOR YOU TO MAKE A PrRCHAsEIN Or
DER TO RECEIVE POLITE AND iCOUR.
TEoUs TREATMENT GLADLY
SHOW OUR COODs-TOR WE'RE MORE
THAN PROUD oFTHEsToCK WE HAygPRO-
vIDED THIS SEAsON.-FIRsT THERE'S
oUg VARIETY or PRETTY KILTs--
SOME MADE WITH SKIRTS ALMOST
PLAIN-SOME WITH WIDE PLAITGNGs
OTHERS NARROW-STYLIsH SCOTCH
PLAIDs-soFT, NEAT WORSTEDs CHE.
-sTRIPEs-FANCY PLAIDs.-M
FACT, If YOU WANT KILT SUITS tgIrnER
ONE OR Two-PIEcE GARMENTS YOU'LL
SURELY hE PLEASED WITH OUR MATCH
LESS VARIETY. Prices i25O-Sl5O--
fi-AND GRADUALLY ADVANCING Ac-
CoRDNG TO QUALITY sELECTED-BUr
ALWAYS % PER CENT. LESS THAN YOU'LL
FIND QUOTED ELSEWHERE. NORFOLK
SUITS, DURABLEGOODs-WELL MADE
As Low As s25O-NOrT sATINErs,
sUCu As ARE SOLD ~ GENERAL STORES,
But HONEST. DURABLE GOODs-wE'RE
TALKING BUSINESS TO SENSIBLE PEOPLE
WHO SOMETIMES MAKE BLUNDERs WHEN
THEY 60 OUT SHOPPING. We SELL
WARRANTED D-ALL-WOOL -- NORFOLK
sUIr-As low As ts-sIzEs 4 TO ~
YEARs--AND IS WILL BUY A REALLY
HANDSOME AND STYLISH OUTFIT. M-
PORTED CHEyI0Ts.
\. sARs & CO.
WHAT A MAGNIFICENT TOCR.-wE
FRANKLY ADMIrTHAT WE'RE UNABLE TO
DO THE SUBJECT JUsTlCE-To TELL
THE REAL FACTS As THEY ACTUALLY
EXIsT.-BUT LOOK WHERE YOU NAY
GO WHERE YOU wILL-YoU'LL NOT BE-
GIN TO FIND IT'S WE'RE SHOW.
ING MANY ESPECIALLY ATTRACTIVE
STYLES ~ BOYS AND CHILDRESs OVER
COATs.--OUR STOCK GENERALLY Is
| BEYOND ALE COMPARISON THE LARGEST
AND FINEST EVER OFFERED IN RICH
| MOND By ANY CONCERN-RvES sRX-
CEILING OUR OWN BEST EFFORTS OF
! PREVIOUS SEASONS.
A. sAKs CO.,
1908 MAIN STREET.